{"id":480,"date":"2010-01-22T16:55:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T23:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jerrysjuicebar.com\/blog\/?p=480"},"modified":"2010-01-22T17:03:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T00:03:49","slug":"experts-and-commentators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerrysjuicebar.com\/blog\/?p=480","title":{"rendered":"Experts and commentators"},"content":{"rendered":"

I work in a field that is awash with experts.\u00a0 Indeed, seems there are more experts in what I do,\u00a0 than people.<\/p>\n

I’m talking about social media but I probably could be talking about anything.<\/p>\n

\"experts\"Roderick Low<\/strong><\/a> posted a good summary of the dilemma (along with some good prescriptions) in which he cites the blog Broadstuff that noted given current growth projections …<\/p>\n

“by 2012, we would have as many as 30 million \u2019social media experts\u2019 plying their trade globally.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow.\u00a0 30 million experts.\u00a0 That is a lot of experts.\u00a0 I wonder who they will be working for.<\/p>\n

In fact, based on what I see a good percentage of today’s experts don’t have clients.\u00a0 What are we going to do with all these experts?<\/p>\n

Which brings me the second area of job title explosion:\u00a0 commentators.<\/p>\n

With all the new media out there we’ve got more than you can shake a stick at.\u00a0 Actually a lot of them you’d just as soon hit with a stick not just shake it at them.\u00a0 But given the explosion of everyday commentators you’d only end up playing “whack-a-mole” (how is that for tortured stream of conscious imagery?)<\/p>\n

Just one thing about those commentators.\u00a0 A lot of them never really have had any direct experience in what they are commenting on.\u00a0 This is particularly true in politics.\u00a0 Have Rush Limbaugh<\/strong><\/a> or Keith Oberman<\/strong><\/a> ever run for office?\u00a0 Ever worked in government?\u00a0 Ever practiced constitutional law?\u00a0 No but they sure can comment on it all.<\/p>\n

Experts with no clients … commentators with no experience.<\/p>\n

Here’s a suggestion.\u00a0 We follow our brethren in sports.\u00a0 Watch a football show.\u00a0 Maybe one or two laymen but they are always teamed up with former coaches and players — that is, people who have actually had experience in doing what they are commenting on.<\/p>\n

Experts who actually do work.\u00a0 Commentators who actually know from experience what they are talking about.<\/p>\n

What a concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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